Sports

MHS girls take 1st at Cameron Tourney

The Maryville High School Spoofhound girls basketball team won the Cameron Tournament championship with a 41-34 defeat of the Chillicothe Hornets on January 29. The team is, front: Ryesen Stiens, Addison Weldon, Alyssa Cunningham, Jalea Price; back: Coach Chase Tolson, Coach Kelly Obley, Ava Dumke, Rylee Vierthaler, Anastyn Pettlon, Rylee Hornbuckle, Makayla Yaple and Coach

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Platte Valley girls win NPI Championship

The Platte Valley girls defeated North Platte, 56-25, to win the North Platte Invitational on January 29. Team members include: front, Stephanie Turpin, Jaclyn Pappert and Samantha Terry; middle, Kayley Hauber, Madelyn Swinford, Tejay Freemyer, Andrea Riley and Maleeah Bliley; back, Kali Redden, Brylie Angle, Maggie Collins, Aubrey Mattson, Sarah Langford, Mackenzie Swinford and Christina

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Northeast Nodaway crowns Courtwarming royalty

On January 20, Northeast Nodaway crowned its Courtwarming royalty in a special ceremony on the night before the Courtwarming game. The royalty are, front: crown bearers Ross Doty and Allison Beatty; back: King Ben Boswell, Queen Torri Kephart, Prince Lance Runde and Princess Gracie Kohlleppel. Boswell is the son of Mary and Corey Boswell, Parnell;

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Geography with Goudge

As the NFL prepares for the Conference Championship games this weekend, the 2021 AP (Associated Press) NFL All-Pro Team was recently announced.  This week’s map looks at the last five years of All-Pro players (179 total) based on where they went to high school.  The ‘Best of the Best’ hailed, in order, from the Deep

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Geography with Goudge

As the 2021 college football season came to a close last week, we now have the All-Conference players per capita map.  Just under eight percent, or 1,194 of the  15,341 FBS players made an All-Conference team.  The region extending from Texas to the Carolinas, known as the ‘Pigskin Cult’, is highlighted containing 47% of the

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Northwest duo places 2nd at National College Cornhole Championship

By Jacki Wood Two Northwest Missouri State University students made it to the finals of the National College Cornhole Championship (NCCC) which was held December 30 to January 1 at the Myrtle Beach Sports Center, Myrtle Beach, SC, and was broadcast on ESPN. The duo, Landen Crabtree and Payton Gentry, were playing in their first

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Spoofhound signs to run at McPherson College

Maryville High senior Cale Sterling, surrounded by his family, signed his letter of intent to continue his education at McPherson College, McPherson, KS. His parents Linda and Wade Sterling and his brother, Carson, along with his coach, Rodney Bade, watched as he signed. Cale plans to run cross country and track for the Bulldogs while

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